Once roommates are matched through personal connections or a mutual interest on a room, they begin the process of finding a broker or contacting the landlord.

The Room Ring (TRR) sounds less like a roommate matching app and more like a term hotel front-desks use to wake people up with a phone call. Alas, it is the former — but it is a wake-up call for young people searching for likeminded roommates in New York and San Francisco.